Marlin Schmidt

Marlin Schmidt
MLA for Edmonton-Gold Bar
Incumbent
Assumed office May 5, 2015
Preceded by	David Dorward
Minister of Innovation and Advanced Education and Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour for the Alberta government
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 February 2016
Preceded by	Lori Sigurdson (NDP)
Personal details
Born	(1978-10-16) October 16, 1978 Alberta, Canada
Political party	Alberta New Democratic Party
Residence	Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation	Hydrogeologist

Marlin Schmidt (born October 16, 1978) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the Alberta general election, 2015 to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta representing the electoral district of Edmonton-Gold Bar. Schmidt currently serves as the Government Whip in the Legislative Assembly.

Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, Schmidt specialized in site remediation for over a decade. From 2008 to 2015 he worked for Alberta Environment as a soil and groundwater contamination specialist, and previous to this, he worked as a remediation specialist, beginning in 2002. He holds a master of science degree in applied environmental geosciences from Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen in Germany and a bachelor of science from Queen's University in Kingston.

Electoral history

2012 general election

2012 Alberta general election			Turnout %		Swing
	Affiliation	Candidate	Votes	%	Party	Personal
	Progressive Conservative	David Dorward	6,689	33%
	NDP	Marlin Schmidt	5,809	29%	%	%
	Liberal	Josipa Petrunic	4,072	20%
	Wildrose	Linda Carlson	3,175	16%
	Alberta Party	Dennis O’Neill	344	2%
	Evergreen	David Parker	201	1%	%	*
Total
Rejected, spoiled and declined
Eligible electors / Turnout				%

2015 general election

Alberta general election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Marlin Schmidt	15,350	68.9
	Progressive Conservative	David Dorward	4,145	18.6
	Wildrose	Justin James	1,422	6.4
	Liberal	Ronald Brochu	702	3.2
	Alberta Party	Cristina Stasia	662	3.0